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‘I was in a frightening situation’
Bangladeshi UN official Lt Col (retired) AKM Sufiul Anam, who was taken hostage by Al-Qaeda in Yemen, returned home yesterday after 18 long months in captivity.
Al-Qaeda releases video of kidnapped Bangladeshi UN worker in Yemen
Underlining Yemen's parlous security, on Saturday AQAP released a video showing a United Nations worker who was abducted more than six months ago, the SITE Intelligence Group reported.
Hard power and the war on terror in South Asia
Hard power or the coercive use of force has emerged as the most preferred tool in combatting terrorism in the post-9/11 era.
Rohingya insurgents say no link with global terror
Rohingya insurgents, whose raids in western Myanmar provoked an army crackdown that spurred a humanitarian crisis, have denied any links to global terror groups, days after Al-Qaeda urged Muslims to rally to their cause.
OPINION: Why so-called IS chooses to bomb during Ramadan
To the radical mind, if additional prayer and alms giving is encouraged in Ramadan - then why not more bloodshed too? View it that way and you understand precisely the line of reasoning that has given rise to such a grisly and gruesome death toll this year.
Militants grow in silence
While the government was taking pride in containing militancy by cracking down on Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) over the last several years, two new radical Islamist groups have built up an extensive network that remained relatively unnoticed until late last year.
ISA detentions / How Islamic State in Bangladesh began
Radicalised worker Rahman Mizanur recruited countrymen in Singapore with help of material linked to terror groups.
Motion Timeline: 29 killings in 4 years
Since 2013, at least 29 secular activists, publishers, minorities and advocates of free thinking have been killed in grisly attacks, which are believed to be works of militants. Trial for only one such brutal attack has been completed so far.
Ansar Al Islam claims Kalabagan twin murders
Bangladesh unit of al-Qaeda in the Indian Sub-Continent, Ansar Al Islam, has claimed responsibility of murdering a LGBT magazine editor and his friend in Kalabagan.
Syrian government warplane crashes in Idlib province
A Syrian government warplane crashes in a marketplace in the north-western town of Ariha, killing 17 people.
US air strike in Syria 'kills Khorasan leader'
A US air strike reportedly kills Muhsin al-Fadhli, the Kuwaiti leader of the Khorasan Group, a shadowy al-Qaeda offshoot operating in Syria.
Mosque Blast 'kills 25 militants' in Syria
At least 25 members of Syria's al-Qaeda affiliate, al-Nusra Front, including a leader, are killed in a blast at a mosque in north-western Idlib province, activists say.
Yemen al-Qaeda chief killed in US strike
Al-Qaeda confirms that Nasser al-Wuhayshi, the leader of its offshoot in the Arabian Peninsula, has been killed in a US drone strike in Yemen.
Leader of al-Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula 'killed'
Reports from Yemen say that the leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Nasser al-Wuhayshi, has been killed in a US drone strike.
Top Islamist 'killed' in US strike
A top Islamist militant who ordered a deadly attack on an Algerian gas plant two years ago has been killed in a US air strike in Libya, officials say.
Taslima Nasreen relocated to US amid death threats from Islamic extremists
Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen moved to United States by the Center for Inquiry (CFI), New York-based advocacy group, which says that she received death threats, reports The Huffington Post.
Syrian Islamist rebels 'seize Ariha in Idlib province'
An Islamist coalition that includes Syria's al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front takes over one of the last government strongholds in western Idlib province, activists say.
Al Qaeda spectre
Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent has claimed responsibility for the death of four Bangladeshi bloggers, including US-based Bangladeshi writer Avijit Roy.
Al-Qaeda branch claims murder of blogger Avijit Roy
Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has claimed responsibility for the murder of an American atheist blogger in Bangladesh over two months ago, according to SITE Intelligence Group.
